Anon. Regency Mother with Her Children

An original early 19th-century watercolour painting Regency Mother with Her Children.

This sweet composition is one of a pair of Regency era paintings that we have for sale depicting a mother and two children in her care. The relatively humble dress of the children and the pastoral setting suggest that this is the children's mother rather than a nursemaid for a wealthy family. The tactile embrace of the mother conveys a universal emotion that transcends class and indeed time.

The painting is presented in its original handsome black mount, which mimics the popular 18th-century fashion for verre églomisé frames, whereby the rear face of the framing glass would be painted black and sometimes gilded.

Delicately painted in a subtle palette of grey, blue and brown wash. For the picture's complementary pair see stock number JT-771.